ObamaCare is not popular. The people don’t want it. The people have rejected it. Yet President Barack Obama, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) are going to ram it down the throats of the American people using a special Congressional procedure that avoids a filibuster in the Senate – The Health Care Nuclear Option. The Obama Administration and Leaders in Congress have shown contempt for the opinions and views of the American people. They just don’t get it and they don’t care what people think about this plan.
Townhalls, Tea Parties, 9-12 demonstrations, ObamaCare low polling numbers and the election of Senator Scott Brown (R-MA) are all products of an unpopular health care idea by President Obama. The Declaration of Independence states, “Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.” Consent of the governed is an important concept, yet politicians in the Federal Government seem to believe that they can pass unpopular legislation and work to get the consent of the governed at some future date. This is not how this democracy is supposed to work. Members of Congress are supposed to be responsive to voters and the American public. I truly believe that many Representatives and Senators believe that the American peoples only are allowed to participate in this democracy when they vote every other November. This ObamaCare should not pass without the consent of the American people.
Today, the left is cheering on the President and Congress to pull the Nuclear Option trigger. Eugene Robinson writes in the Washington Post today (HT to RCP):
Better late than never. Now that President Obama has finally put a health care proposal on the table, the Democratic leadership in Congress has only one rational course of action: Pass the thing, and quickly, or risk becoming the loyal minority.
The left wants this passed “quickly,” because they know the American people will be mad. The American people do not follow every permutation in the ObamaCare debate and they were shocked to find out that the bill is still alive.
Robert Reich writes in Salon:
Most polls still show a majority of Americans still in favor of the basic tenets of reform — expanded coverage, regulations barring insurers from refusing coverage because of someone’s preexisting conditions and preventing insurers from kicking someone off the rolls because they get sick, requirements that employers provide coverage or pay into a common pool, and so on. And now that many private insurers are hiking up premiums, co-pays, and deductibles, the public is even readier to embrace reform.
Don’t believe this spin. The polls indicate that the American people hate the totality of this bill – a de facto government run health care system. They may embrace a few concepts in the legislation, but clearly these numbers have not translated into support. To argue that somehow the American people love a bill is ignoring the polls. Real Clear Politics has links to ObamaCare polls and none of them are good for liberals.
Newsweek‘s most recent poll finds that in response to the question ”if health coverage is required for everyone, imposing fines on individuals who don’t obtain coverage and on larger businesses that don’t offer it do you Support (28%), Oppose (62%), or don’t know (10%).” That is the problem with ObamaCare, the core elements of the plan are nonstarters for the American people. If this plan contains some good ideas, those are outweighed by some elements that are highly offensive to the American people. The American people support addition by subtraction in this debate. Remove the mandate that all individuals have to purchase health care or fear going to jail, federal funding of abortion, massive tax increases, massive long term cost to the taxpayer, new government bureaucracy to lord over the health care insurance companies and you may see some of these polling numbers move in a different direction.
The Newsweek poll is favorable for Democrats, because of the questions they asked. Check out some of the other polls that lead to an overall Real Clear Politics Average of this and 14.3% oppose the President”s plan more than they support it. This includes two polls with the ObamaCare support deficit at 19% – Rasmussen and Quinnipiac.
I wrote another piece today for Human Events, ”Reconciliation is Not Negotiation,” about the unusual procedure being employed by leaders to pass ObamaCare. Dan Perrin has published some excellent work on ObamaCare and argues in an earlier post on Red State that this a “Vapor Bill” because the Obama Administration has yet to release the text of his bill.
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The People's Support
edintexas Tuesday, February 23rd at 10:21AM EST (link)The people’s support for many of the items on the “list” depends on the big heart of the American people, and a lack of knowledge of the subject matter. For example most would probably be in favor of not allowing insurance companies to reject people who have pre-existing conditions. But if the question was “Would you agree to pay higher insurance premiums to pay for covering pre-existing conditions?”, the answer would likely be significantly different. And, of course, the elephant in the room is the Federal government’s deciding how a business may conduct it’s business, and the proposals currently contain the capability to force private insurers out of business through Federal regulation. I hadn’t noticed any such power granted, in the Constitution, to the Federal government.
To Robert Riech I would respond -
qurys Tuesday, February 23rd at 10:24AM EST (link)The majority of Americans MAY favor the basic tenets of reform: expanded coverage, regulations barring insurers from denying coverage when you get sick,,,,,etc, And I am allowing the word MAY. But that is not what this bill is about. It is the first step to single payer, so described and designated by its designers. This bill is about a heck of a lot more than denied coverage for pre-existing condition. The public is NOT ready to embrace this reform and they have said so consistently and loudly. Barack Obama is deaf to the constituents he took and oath to serve.
Exactly.
renny (Diary) Tuesday, February 23rd at 10:26AM EST (link)Little O now sees himself as a one-term pres. (but he’ll be ready to move on to the UN or World Health or World Bank–wherever the money and dictatorial control are) because he seems to have a short pol. attention span anyway. However, he cannot see himself leaving without impressing his Alinksy-Ayers-Wright leftism on the Am. legal system.
My guess is this will not come to a vote. Surely, no Rep. is going to vote for it. The Dems. in the House have already lost Murtha, have a resignation coming, and were only a couple votes in the majority in the first place when people were not as incensed as they are now.
As O was never an assistant manager of a Taco Bell, he is entirely out of whack on economics. You cannot dictate an ins. never raise premiums but serve all customers, no matter what their med. conditions. I think it is his way into the pub. option, because no private insurer will be left.
On the other hand, maybe he really thinks he can legislate supply and demand and profit or loss. After all, the CRAs demanded banks make loans to people who were not credit worthy or outright crooks in areas where housing did not thrive and expected the banks to remain solvent. Cong. can be terminally stupid.
Bork Cong. 202-224/225-3121. Never stop calling, never surrender, never give up.
I wonder if this isn't the strategy...
stigmo Tuesday, February 23rd at 10:33AM EST (link)…Maybe the Donks know they’ve overplayed their hand, but it’s too late to back out. So they’re going all in and hoping to land an ace.
Perhaps they know right now this is a lost cause. But the air of inevitability combined with a chance that the faux summit produces an uptick in public opinion could be JUST enough to ram this thing through.
This is the American Aristocracy at work.
Tbone (Diary) Tuesday, February 23rd at 10:35AM EST (link)Politicians of BOTH parties become just as entrenched as if they held their seats by right of birth rather than by ballot.
Only strict term limits and mandatory retirement can address this fundamental flaw that has arisen in our representative democracy.
Envisioning when all that is Left is the Right.
Brian, Dan, Erick
GJ Merits (Diary) Tuesday, February 23rd at 10:41AM EST (link)When are you guys going to start pushing Nullification. Not just Nullification of healthcare or just a small part of it (like the mandate) and not just a toothless resolution, but something with teeth:
Here is an article about Georgia bill 880. It has only been introduced, but we nee to be pushing for passage of similar bill all across this nation. We will never take back this country in DC, we will take it back in state chambers and governorships across this nation.
A bill with teeth. House Bill 880 includes strong language to assert this principle:
Any actions taken by the federal government through its agents or employees that are not authorized by the Constitution of the United States are unlawful; and being unlawful, they are criminal offenses against the affected parties
This bill would make it a crime – with imprisonment for up to 30 years for each offense – for “any judicial officer, law enforcement officer, agent, or employee of the federal government, any multinational government, any international government, or any global government” to attempt to “enforce any federal, multinational, international, or global law” reserved to the State of Georgia under the 10th Amendment to the Constitution.
Also check out:
http://www.tenthamendmentcenter.com/2009/11/29/resist-dc-a-step-by-step-plan-for-freedom/
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Forgot the link to the Georgia article
GJ Merits (Diary) Tuesday, February 23rd at 10:43AM EST (link)http://www.tenthamendmentcenter.com/2010/01/31/state-authority-and-anti-racketeering-act/
I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents….James Madison
If you want to go fast – go alone. If you want to go far – go together.
To win against tyranny you must embrace not only novel solutions, but fear of the unknown as well.
This is the next line of defense...
writeblock Tuesday, February 23rd at 10:47AM EST (link)…if we lose this battle. The states will sue for redress and the Supreme Court will knock the bill down. I’m thinking Obama will rue the day he took the Court to task during his SOTU address.
Nullification was ruled unconstitutional
Neil Stevens (Diary) Tuesday, February 23rd at 10:54AM EST (link)The case was Lincoln v. Davis. CJ Grant wrote the opinion of the court, which was joined by JJ Farragut, McClellan, Scott, and Sherman. J Lee wrote a dissent joined by JJ Jackson, Johnston, and Longstreet.
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Time to let a real court decide, then.
Vassar Bushmills (Diary) Tuesday, February 23rd at 11:27AM EST (link)They may want to set out less broad parameters.
VB
Go for it all
GJ Merits (Diary) Tuesday, February 23rd at 12:20PM EST (link)Read the TAC article above about what it would take to do nullification. It would basically be the civil rights movement in reverse and would not be an easy road. With civil rights, the last nail in the coffin of state’s rights was nailed in. Wallace really screwed us all on that one. The social security institute (www.socialsecurityinstitute.com) by Dr. Larry Hunter has a great deal of information about the slow and unperceptible erosion of constitutional governance and the conseqences of apathy on the part of the populace. It is why we find ourselves where we are today.
There will be many painful steps to take our powers back and a showdown may occur between the feds and the states. However, if enough states take this route, the feds won’t have the power or the ability to direct law enforcement or military to take unconstitutional actions against the citizens. I think Oath Keepers is playing a very critical role in what I perceive to be the true battle here. I again stronly urge the reading of the TAC article on how to do nullification. It’s time to start thinking about this in a serious way, even if the Federal governement begins to listen to us – which it won’t. It is the only way to take back our power from disconnected, egotistical, spending, big governement elitists.
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If you want to go fast – go alone. If you want to go far – go together.
To win against tyranny you must embrace not only novel solutions, but fear of the unknown as well.
Nobody ever gives Thomas his due.
Moe Lane (Diary) Tuesday, February 23rd at 11:51AM EST (link)Frustrating, in its way.
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GJ Merits (Diary) Tuesday, February 23rd at 12:12PM EST (link)Great blog.
I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents….James Madison
If you want to go fast – go alone. If you want to go far – go together.
To win against tyranny you must embrace not only novel solutions, but fear of the unknown as well.
Nullification cannot be ruled unconstitutional
GJ Merits (Diary) Tuesday, February 23rd at 12:06PM EST (link)Read all the material and the Tenth Amendment Center, at the Social Security Institute. The Supreme Court is NOT the final arbiter of the constitution – the States are, period. We have been lulled into believing otherwise. Of COURSE the SCOTUS and other federal courts are going to rule Nullification unconstitutional – although I don’t actually think they have done so. Please point out the case your are referring to.
If you are part of the federal governement, you don’t want to lose power back to the states, but our founding fathers specifically meant for this to be how this country is operated.
Sorry, but you are dead wrong on this one. Nullification will be hard, but it won’t be unconstitutional. No reading of the constitution and the enumerated powers clause can lead one to believe otherwise. Just because the SCOTUS over the years has eroded states powers while we sat around like a bunch of sheeple does not mean that once we awaken to the fact the Supreme Court is subservient to us we can’t take out country back.
I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents….James Madison
If you want to go fast – go alone. If you want to go far – go together.
To win against tyranny you must embrace not only novel solutions, but fear of the unknown as well.
Sorry
GJ Merits (Diary) Tuesday, February 23rd at 12:11PM EST (link)Did not see the case. However, it still does nothing to the argument that the Supreme Court is not the final arbiter of the constitution – it is the states. That we have been slowly programmed over the years to believe otherwise does not change the fact.
I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents….James Madison
If you want to go fast – go alone. If you want to go far – go together.
To win against tyranny you must embrace not only novel solutions, but fear of the unknown as well.
Whoosh retracted.
Moe Lane (Diary) Tuesday, February 23rd at 12:20PM EST (link)To be fair, it took me half a minute to figure it out myself. I actually muttered “Huh. A lot of names there that I recogn… Ohhhhh.”
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Whoosh. [NT]
Moe Lane (Diary) Tuesday, February 23rd at 12:12PM EST (link)-NT-
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That was waaaay past Whoosh! nt
Achance (Diary) Tuesday, February 23rd at 12:19PM EST (link)In Vino Veritas
I have lots of old family stories, letters, and memorabilia,
Achance (Diary) Tuesday, February 23rd at 12:18PM EST (link)even the archetypal blood-stained Testament, from the last time some people decided states were the final arbiter of Federal power. I ain’t volunteering for another run up that damned hill.
In Vino Veritas
It would be very different today and
GJ Merits (Diary) Tuesday, February 23rd at 12:25PM EST (link)If the federal powers continue their abuse, then succession would be what happens. I am not talking about succession, but rather nullification. They are two very different animals. Do you HONESTLY see the US military taking orders to fire upon civilians? Again, the Civial Rights movement was not the Cival War and neither will this be. It will just be civil disobedience on a massive scale that will revert us back to constitutional governance. I don’t think a single shot needs to be fired at all – I think a passive agressive approach, much like King’s, and Ghandi, would work just fine.
Again, this is not succession. I do not advocate that except in extreme cases. I argue that without nullification, we may find ourselves facing these extreme cases, but that nullification is a way to mitigate the threat of us going there.
I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents….James Madison
If you want to go fast – go alone. If you want to go far – go together.
To win against tyranny you must embrace not only novel solutions, but fear of the unknown as well.
Secession is simply nullification of ratification
Neil Stevens (Diary) Tuesday, February 23rd at 12:30PM EST (link)Every time it has been tried, it has failed.
I promise you I will oppose anyone who tries to drag my party into that quagmire.
Note: I’m fine with laws refusing state cooperation with federal laws, but I think the constitution and precedent are clear in that the state doesn’t get to nullify squat.
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I want to clarify
Neil Stevens (Diary) Tuesday, February 23rd at 12:36PM EST (link)By ‘cooperation’ I mean I don’t expect the states to enforce Obama’s laws for him. That’s his job.
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eh?
streiff (Diary) Tuesday, February 23rd at 12:34PM EST (link)you mean like Kent State? The Blair Mountain fight? The Pullman Strikes?
“What keeps me here is the reek of beer, the ladies and the craic”
Yes, I do see the US Military firing on civilians
Achance (Diary) Tuesday, February 23rd at 12:37PM EST (link)if they’re ordered to do so and I see the officers giving that order if the CIC orders it. And, they won’t spend much time doing that thinking stuff about it either.
You know, the people on the other side of this ditch aren’t stupid. If we do start getting significant civil disobedience, they will turn the whole power of the National government and its media and academic allies to the task of absolutely vilifying and marginalizing the opposition. And when they send the troops to fire on some group of protesters or Tea Partiers or whoever has raised their ire, most of the Country will think it is a good thing just like most of the Country thought Waco and Ruby Ridge were good things. Don’t delude yourself about this.
We on the right have to be very careful and very restrained, even to the point of allowing ourselves to be harmed so as to make sure that if this all comes unravelled, any violence starts on the left or from identificable Democrat constituencies. It is entirely too likely that Comrade Obama’s bunch will try to provoke Helter-Skelter rather than losing power.
In Vino Veritas
Did you catch this article yesterday
hickorystick (Diary) Tuesday, February 23rd at 1:01PM EST (link)about the Feds poisining the citizenry who continued to drink during the Prohibition, that Erick put up?
http://www.slate.com/id/2245188/
Lots of other citizens were able to rationalize that quite easily.
Sorry, Art I don't.
Vassar Bushmills (Diary) Tuesday, February 23rd at 1:40PM EST (link)I think Neil looks at this overly broad, up to and including secession….a deed which would require force of arms to undo, or consummate, as when the Texas Rangers decide to kick the feds out of the federal office buildings in Dallas. I can’t see that repeat of Sumpter this time.
I don’t see things playing out they way. I can see states telling Obama and Congress, “OK, you wrote that law, now come implement it, just don’t use our buildings, our phone lines, our roads, our concrete to try and do it. If our people want to ignore your law, we ofer them sanctuary.”
Nullification-by-degree is a Texas standoff. I’m for that, as a way to buy time. If we can’t throw them out in November with the time bought, then repeal the damned thing, we deserve what we get.
Nullification should be a Damocles sword hanging over the Fed’s head.
Let me revise and extend my remarks, then.
Achance (Diary) Tuesday, February 23rd at 1:48PM EST (link)I don’t much see things coming to armed confrontation, though I have been investing in precious metals like brass and lead. That said, there are plenty of wannabe Strelnikovs on the Left and they’d just love an excuse to put down the Right. I just think we should be very careful not to give them that excuse.
In Vino Veritas
That's going to happen anyway, if we're going to win this here fight.
Vassar Bushmills (Diary) Tuesday, February 23rd at 2:26PM EST (link)No way they’re going to go quietly back into their cave. Just a matter of where and when and how many…and who’s side the Army’s on. We’re past that point, I fear.
I don’t want to fire the first shot. Just stake out the banner…on a well fortified hill. I will accept a surrender, and pass out pardons aplenty, if they’ll turn over the ringleaders.
We would do well to heed Chamberlain's conclusion
CincoSolas_del_Bronx (Diary) Tuesday, February 23rd at 7:23PM EST (link)Those dreading urbanization should remember that though the Kingdom of God first appeared in a temporal Garden, at the end of the book it is established in an eternal City. (paraphrase, James M. Boice)
soli Deo gloria
lol...That's a Monty Python skit, right there,
blooch Tuesday, February 23rd at 12:21PM EST (link)i can almost see Johnston trying to get his 12-pounder Napoleons past the Federal courthouse metal detectors.
lol
“Lieutenant Dike wasn’t a bad leader because he made bad decisions. He was a bad leader because he made no decisions.”
Game it out folks
GJ Merits (Diary) Tuesday, February 23rd at 2:22PM EST (link)Nullification does not equate to armed conflict. Civil disobedience does not equate to armed conflict. After Katrina, the sites and sounds of law enforcement disarming citizens lead to the Oath Keepers movement exploding. There are plenty of currently serving police and military who will not fire upon citizens after the Katrina episode made them study what is and is not constitutional for them to do. The only issue with the ones I speak with is that, as currently serving, they will not become explicit members of Oath Keepers.
With the world watching and the cameras on, a strong state legislature and government, backed by citizens with just as much guts as their leaders could win a stand off if the civil disobedience were widespread enough. The only other option, if what is happening today continues and gets worse, is to give up and resign yourself to socialism and progressive politics. You will never win this fight at the federal level with federal politicians. It won’t happen. I would highly recommend reading Walter Myer’s “Taming of the Tyrant” (I think I got the title right). This is not a full on assault I am talking about, it is a chess game, well played, with public opinion on the side of right (recall MLK and his non-violence). As long as we are non-violent and stand on principle, nullification is NOT a violent uprising. To think it is, is to not understand it.
Brains, not brawn, win the contemporary battle of nullification. Don’t get stuck in a rut thinking about the past and succession (Civil War), think about how this could be done today. King did it in reverse (more centralized power) because he had to and Wallace was stupid enough to be on the morally wrong side of the issue. Nullification would move us back towards decentralized governance and we would be on the morally right side of the issue, with most of the country backing us.
Ignore this issue or shy away from it, thinking it impossible, and it is very, very possible that you may be selling out your own future. Do you honestly trust that Washington will solve your problems, regardless of who is in power.
Nullify, remove liberals from federal office wherever possible, and don’t kneecap yourself by supporting a third party. A more conservative centralized power will buy time for nullification to begin to work. Again, we are taming the tyrant, not attacking him head on.
I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents….James Madison
If you want to go fast – go alone. If you want to go far – go together.
To win against tyranny you must embrace not only novel solutions, but fear of the unknown as well.
At some point what you are saying makes sense, but we are not there yet
JSobieski (Diary) Tuesday, February 23rd at 2:25PM EST (link)Civil disobedience should only used by conservatives when absolutely necessary. We are not progressives who wield such tools casually.
As conservatism is making enroads with the electorate, talking about nullification is counter-productive—lets talk about elections and voters.
My rules of the road for primary season.
Rule #1: Vote for YOUR first choice in the primaries
Rule #2: Vote for the R in the general.
Rule #3: Don’t let anyone convince you to violate Rule #1 or Rule #2
Rule #4: When in a center-right argument, reaffirm Rules #1-#3–it will help us all to get along better.
Rule #5: If you are using the language of the left, you probably aren’t furthering conservativism
Rule #6: The priority is issues first, candidates second, and supporters third. Nobody is bigger than the issues. Conversely, if you spend your time focusing on supporters, you are wasting everyone’s time.
STOP THE MADNESS!
A reduction in the rate of spending increases is NOT a cut!
In-state tuition for illegals is NOT amnesty!
Requiring someone to pay their medical bills is NOT an individual mandate!
Reducing tax rates is NOT a tax increase!
Many States Have Started
GJ Merits (Diary) Tuesday, February 23rd at 11:05PM EST (link)I think the threat of nullification is also a useful tool. Check out the TAC for a list of states and where they are with their nullification legislation. I talked with an expert in this area recently and he stated nullifcation is a process, not an event, and depending on the issue and the strength of the public outcry, it could take one year or ten years to complete. Again, this is a very slow process. The Civil Rights movement did not happen overnight and neither will this. There is not better time like the present to start as we are well on our way downhill right now and there really is no time to waste.
Nullification should never be casual and I was not attempting to communicate that.
I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents….James Madison
If you want to go fast – go alone. If you want to go far – go together.
To win against tyranny you must embrace not only novel solutions, but fear of the unknown as well.
Nullification is a great place to start
redpens (Diary) Wednesday, February 24th at 7:07AM EST (link)What’s Obama gonna do then? Don’t come around here for a beer summit, Barack. You’re so not welcome here.
The devil is in the details...
writeblock Tuesday, February 23rd at 10:42AM EST (link)Privacy is destroyed, making the individual a ward of the state. It gives bureaucrats life-or-death decision-making powers based primarily on cost effectiveness, usurping the proper roles of doctors and patients. It necessarily rations care and blocks research.
None of which bothers the media in the least.
This unconstitutional over-reach
livingfortruth Tuesday, February 23rd at 11:10AM EST (link)is textbook TYRANNY!
This is OBVIOUSLY not an area that the Federal Government should be involved. They can’t even claim the Interstate Commerce Clause on this because they will not allow interstate commerce to occur.
And Taxing someone for NOT getting something is the hight of Tyrannical Rule.
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Sorry
GJ Merits (Diary) Tuesday, February 23rd at 12:10PM EST (link)Did not see the case. It still cannot be ruled by the Supreme Court as unconstitutional. Many believe it can, but in reality it can’t. We have been programmed to think of the SCOTUS as the supreme power when it comes to the constitution, while it is, in fact, the states.
I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents….James Madison
If you want to go fast – go alone. If you want to go far – go together.
To win against tyranny you must embrace not only novel solutions, but fear of the unknown as well.
Bless your heart, I have to break it to you...
Vassar Bushmills (Diary) Tuesday, February 23rd at 5:33PM EST (link)…Lincoln v Davis WAS the Civil War. Nullification was never adjudicated before the courts, the battlefield the only court. A million died. It was in all the papers.
I lean in your direction, the lesser aspects of nullification, a cut below secession (not “succession”…see how nice we are?) are still valid. I advocate that as well.
But your tormentors are correct, you need to make a better case.
Cheers
THE UGLY FACE OF SOCIALISM
reelman (Diary) Tuesday, February 23rd at 1:02PM EST (link)THE UGLY FACE OF SOCIALISM
Update Feb. 23, 2010 despite trillions in spending, smiles, promises, blame shifting yada yda.
Consumer Confidence Falls to 10-Month Low…
Mass layoffs edge up…
Harry Reid Unleashed: ‘Men, when they’re out of work, tend to become abusive’…
Harvard’s Rogoff Sees ‘Bunch’ of Sovereign Defaults…
FDIC reports 27% jump in problem banks…
CONFIDENCE LOWEST SINCE ‘83
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Crawfish comment:
Not a word of course change, not an admission of error on any front, not a concern the polls are heavy against huge socialist bills, not a
regret, not an apology, not a clue of honesty or realism. This has to be the most frightening administration ever. Now America knows what lies deep in the hearts of the modern democrat…strident secular socialism.
Sick of the distractions, lies, business demonization and personal smears yet?
http://conservablogs.com/theconservativecrawfish
“Ignore what is said, watch what is done”
The problem is congress…is congress…
Secular Socialism is never the answer…
“This is where we hold them, this is where we fight”
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redscan...? Is that you in there? (nt)
blooch Tuesday, February 23rd at 1:27PM EST (link)“Lieutenant Dike wasn’t a bad leader because he made bad decisions. He was a bad leader because he made no decisions.”
Democracy?
lukematthews (Diary) Tuesday, February 23rd at 2:24PM EST (link)Reich further displays his ignorance about the American political system by insisting that a majority vote is democracy. No, democracy is rule by the people and the people have clearly spoken, No. Don’t pretend an end run around the American people is a ‘democratic’ win. You fly in the face of the people’s will, you are denying their legitimate voice. Period.
How’s that hoax and derange treatin’ ya.
Club for Growth Supports Jeff Duncan SC-03
sethduncan (Diary) Tuesday, February 23rd at 8:42PM EST (link)Brian,
I’d like to get you involved in the SC-03 race. I can setup an interview for you with the Club for Growth’s candidate Jeff Duncan. Please contact me.
Seth Duncan
seth[@]jeffduncan[.]com
e-Director
our legislators
sarge324 Wednesday, February 24th at 6:49AM EST (link)we must vote out those who voted for the inslavement of the american people with the health care the cap and trade,and those who follow obamas lies.that is hurting the people vote them out in 2010 and 2012.there is only one constitution we live by.